By Maryam Nassif
According to Women's March UK organiser Rachel Krengel, protest signs express the anger that brought you to march in the first place. The famous 1918 Representation of the People Act granted women the right to vote, after suffragettes campaigned tirelessly for their rights.
Roughly 100 years later, we take a look at what makes a powerful protest banner, to support the cause you believe in. "Honest messages are often the most compelling. People shouldn't feel a compulsion to make one or to be the cleverest or funniest and most professional looking," explains Rachel. The suffragettes who took down to the streets of London limited their words to brief and concise messages such as "Votes for Women".
Nowadays, it appears that colour flows out of anger. Whether you decide to splash brightness and glitter on your banner or simply condense your thoughts in a few words, "You don't need to have a placard to protest, your presence is already enough."
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